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Noun: repertory  're-pu(r),to-ree [N. Amer], 're-pu(r)-t(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. A theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire
    "The repertory company rotated through five different plays during the summer season";
    - stock company [N. Amer], repertory company, repertory theater [US], repertory theatre, rep [informal]
     
  2. A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
    "The theatre company's repertory included both classic and contemporary plays";
    - repertoire
     
  3. The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
    "has a large repertory of dialects and characters"; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism";
    - repertoire
     
  4. A storehouse where a stock of things is kept
    "The library served as a repertory of knowledge"

Derived forms: repertories

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, deposit, depositary, depository, repository, theater company [US], theatre company

Encyclopedia: Repertory